Vocabulary activity for Chapters 9 - 11 of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis!

Here are some exerts from the story. Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word. When you have answered all of the questions, click the "Check Answer" button. A box will pop-up with your score. Do not close until your score is printed or reviewed by your teacher.

1. "In this bottle," he said, "there is a _____ made of the juice of one of the fire-flowers that grow in the mountains of the sun."

   
   
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   1.   ?    flask
   2.   ?    lithe
   3.   ?    cordial

2. He grinned in a _____ manner as he set them down on the floor beside Edmund.

   
   
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   1.   ?    glutton
   2.   ?    repulsive
   3.   ?    lithe

3. But when the whole party saw the sledge stopping and who was in it, all the _____ went out of their faces.

   
   
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   1.   ?    repulsive
   2.   ?    gluttony
   3.   ?    gaiety

4. Edmund went up the stone steps. Across the _____ lay a great wolf.

   
   
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   1.   ?    threshold
   2.   ?    spire
   3.   ?    lithe

5. "What is the meaning of all this _____, this waste, this self-indulgence?"

   
   
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   1.   ?    vermin
   2.   ?    spires
   3.   ?    gluttony

6. There was the great shape of a centaur and a winged horse and a long _____ creature that Edmund took to be a dragon.

   
   
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   1.   ?    lithe
   2.   ?    glutton
   3.   ?    vermin

7. So Mrs. Beaver and the children came _____ out of the cave, all blinking.

   
   
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   1.   ?    gluttony
   2.   ?    gaiety
   3.   ?    bundling

8. "Speak, _____!" she said again. "Or do you want my dwarf to find you a tongue with his whip?"

   
   
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   1.   ?    vermin
   2.   ?    glutton
   3.   ?    bundle

9. It seemed to be all towers; little towers with long pointed _____ on them, sharp as needles.

   
   
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   1.   ?    spires
   2.   ?    bundle
   3.   ?    thresholds

10. Then Mrs. Beaver handed round in the dark a little _____ out of which everyone drank something and everyone went straight to sleep.

    
    
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    1.   ?    lithe
    2.   ?    flask
    3.   ?    cordial

11. "And as for you, Mr. Beaver, when you get home you will find your dam finished and mended and all the leaks stopped and a new _____ fitted."

    
    
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    1.   ?    threshold
    2.   ?    flask
    3.   ?    sluice-gate